Wheat Williams

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Apple Certified Macintosh Technician (ACMT) and Apple Sales Professional (ASP).

Microsoft Windows SBS 2008 (Small Business Server) Network Administrator, supporting Windows 7 clients.

Volunteer business administrator for the Atlanta Baroque Orchestra.

I have also been a technical writer, computer magazine tech journalist, music critic and music journalist, copywriter and publicist, and professional musician.

Languages: English, with some German (Deutsch), Spanish (español), and French (français)

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May 19	comment	Comfortable notes in a key You should also look up the concept of the "turnaround", a term used in jazz and pop music to describe a major cadence at the end of a whole section of music.
May 19	comment	What do I need to study Bach chorales? Every college music theory program in the world teaches the functional diatonic harmony of Western music, and is based to a large degree on Bach's chorales. There are myriad textbooks on this subject available in any library, and many websites that you can Google. Your question is too broad for this site, and there are so many resources elsewhere.
May 19	comment	Comfortable notes in a key Learn about the concept of cadences. A cadence is a resolution of a musical phrase (in the harmonies or chord progression), analogous to the punctuation at the end of a sentence.
May 12	comment	how does the bluegrass major chord built off of the flat 7 “work”? Joe Coder Guy, you have a point -- but it's the V that is unexpected, not the IV. In the way it's used in rock, in the mixolydian, V remains a major chord (although strictly speaking according to the mode you would expect the V to be minor). I don't know the music theory reason for this, but it is played that way. It's the same with the minor mode, too, in all forms of music. The major-chord V in the minor key has a raised 7th scale degree.
May 7	comment	Ibanez Edge III Tremolo has 2 'Zero' points Ibanez provides an owners manual for the Edge III at this link (PDF) ibanez.co.jp/world/manual/english/1.pdf
May 7	comment	One note sounding louder than others - resonance? What to do? As far as I know, most guitar tops have a certain resonant frequency whose fundamental and overtones are accentuated whenever you play a note that lines up with that frequency or its harmonics. It may be a permanent characteristic of that particular guitar.
May 4	comment	How to know whether my guitar is the problem or I am the problem You need to get some lessons from a classical guitar teacher. They can explain to you all you need to know.
May 4	comment	Instrument Register tone and quality chart Go to a public library and ask for a book on orchestration.
May 1	comment	Music sheet notation explanation (Alto sax) Thanks, NReilingh. I am not a reed player. I know the definitions but you know how to execute them.
May 1	comment	Should i buy guitar effects even If I'm a beginner? A distortion pedal in the hands of an untutored guitarist is an effective tool for annoying your parents. This is a goal of many young men who pick up the guitar.
Apr 30	comment	how does the bluegrass major chord built off of the flat 7 “work”? "Major Mode" is the more correct way of saying "Major Scale" or more properly the "Ionian Mode". If you don't understand modes, check out Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mode_(music)
Apr 30	comment	how does the bluegrass major chord built off of the flat 7 “work”? "Sweet Home Alabama" is one of those many rock songs that is in the mixolydian mode, not the major mode. See my answer on this page.
Apr 27	comment	tempo: “Andante allegro” vs “Allegro moderato” I made the correction you suggested.
Apr 27	comment	Sound spectrum to notes software I use Capo for all kinds of music, not just guitar music. I don't think its capabilities are particular to guitar. The developer just chooses to market it as a guitar tool because there are so many guitarists out there who want to transcribe guitar solos. And you don't need an expensive computer to use it, although you do need a Macintosh.
Apr 26	comment	Complete list of common musical terms There are published textbooks that provide this information. Make a trip to your school library.
Apr 23	comment	Does the show “The Voice” use autotune Musical Practice & Performance is a site for musicians to help each other learn to sing and play their instruments. I do not believe that this question is relevant to what we do on this site. We do not accept questions that lead to discussions or subjective opinions.
Apr 22	comment	Which instrument is more suitable for playing a romantic song? The answer is "the instrument you know how to play the best".
Apr 22	comment	Playing the hawaiian steel guitar. Look on the Internet for resources on how to play the "lap steel guitar" (as opposed to the "pedal steel guitar"), or the "dobro". These are other names for essentially the same instrument, in terms of how it is played.
Apr 19	comment	How does countertenor vocal technique differ from “standard” vocal technique? Ian Howell, countertenor and music teacher, has a blog where he states: "Countertenors are neither exclusively born nor made; any man can learn to better his countertenor voice."
Apr 19	comment	How does countertenor vocal technique differ from “standard” vocal technique? You are wrong. Countertenors are normal basses or tenors who study how to sing in falsetto. There are university music school programs in developing the countertenor technique. There are in fact a very few adult men in the world who can sing in the alto range, but all the professional countertenors I know of are actually basses or tenors who have developed a falsetto technique.